Saturday, September 7, 2013
The clouds are lingering this morning, but we're setting our sights on Libby, Montana. It's cool, 53 degrees and very overcast. We've got on several layers of clothing topped off with a rainsuit and I feel like a sausage. It sure better rain!
Libby is west of Whitefish and you have two ways to get there. One is to go a 65-mile northern route, where you come within 7 miles of the Canadian border and the other is a southern route, about half the distance on a busier highway. While both would probably be scenic, we chose the longer road less traveled. Libby, here we come and what a lucky, wonderful decision! The northern ride was absolutely beautiful. The day brightened up and it ranks up there as bring one of the favorites of our trip, thus far. We came to a lake called Koocanusa. It is 102-miles long, 42 of those miles in Canada. The lake is named for the KOOtenai River, CANada and the USA. The pictures will show some of it's beauty. We were riding along and came to a big bridge that crossed this huge lake and in looking at the map, a road on each side of the lake going into Libby. Which one do we take? One was called a scenic byway and the other one not. Well, we crossed the bridge, took the non-scenic byway and had the best ride!! We met 5 motorcycles and 3 cars the entire four hour drive and the lake was beside us the entire time. We felt like we were out there all by ourselves in this great big, beautiful world.
We finally came to the Libby Dam where they control water levels, generate enough electricity to supply 60,000 homes and prevent flooding in the surrounding communities. Quite a sight. We proceeded to the town of Libby, found a peaceful campsite called Woodland RV and called it a good day. Happy trails.
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